How to Move Microsoft Store App to another Drive in Windows 11

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This article describes the steps to move apps installed from the Microsoft Store to another drive on Windows 11.

There are two main types of apps one can install in Windows. Apps from the Microsoft Store and standalone apps that are packaged with their installers, typically from third-party vendors.

Apps installed from the Microsoft Store can be moved from one drive to another. Moving apps to a larger drive should help reclaim free space if you are running low on your system storage.

The apps you download and install from the Microsoft Store are saved on the “Windows (C:)” drive within the %ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps and %LocalAppData%\Packages folders by default.

You can move the Microsoft Store apps packages to any internal or external NTFS drive, including SD cards and USB drives.

How to move apps to another drive on Windows 11

As described above, apps installed from the Microsoft Store can be moved from one drive to another. Moving apps to a larger drive should help reclaim free space if you are running low on your system storage.

Here’s how to do that in Windows 11.

First, open the Windows Settings app.

You can do that by clicking on the Start menu and selecting Settings. You can also use the keyboard shortcut ( Windows key + I ).

windows 11 new settings button
windows 11 new settings button

When the Settings app opens, click the Apps button on the left.

windows 11 settings apps on menu
Windows 11 settings apps on the menu

On the right, click Apps & features tile to expand.

windows 11 apps and features tile
Windows 11 apps and features tile

On the Apps -> Apps & features settings pane, locate the Windows Store app you want to move to another storage drive.

Then click on the app’s options menu ( 3 vertical dots ) and select Move.

windows 11 app move command to another drive
Windows 11 app Move command to another drive.

When you click the Move command, a pop-up window will notify you that the app is currently installed on Windows (C:).

Choose the drive you want to move to the app to. Then, select the drive, and click the Move button.

windows 11 app move command to another drive select location
windows 11 app Move command to another select drive location

The app will be moved to the drive you specified. Two new folders WindowsApps and WpSystem, will be created at the root of the drive you specified.

windows 11 store app moved to another drive
windows 11 store app moved to another drive

That should do it!

Conclusion:

This post showed you how to move Microsoft Store apps from one drive to another in Windows 11. Please use the comment form below if you find any errors above or have something to add.

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Richard W

I love computers; maybe way too much. What I learned I try to share at geekrewind.com.

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